Arctica
Hero Skill
Deals DMG equal to 300% ATK to enemies in front, freezing them for 3s and buildings for 5s, removing all buffs. Hero has Lv 5 Condemnation. Cooldown: 6s.
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Arctica build analysis
Arctica is a legendary crowd control hero. Compared with the other 17 legendary crowd control heroes in the database, Arctica sits in the middle of its class on raw stats. Among top players, the most settled part of the build is trait (Accuracy, 26.0%) and the least settled is pet (Icy Illusion, only 4.4%), so the pet slot is where you have the most freedom to adapt.
How settled is each slot?
The pick rate of the most popular option shows how much top players agree. Arctica's top talent, Revitalize, is picked 20.5% of the time, which is 4.0 points less settled than the typical hero (median 24.5%).
| Slot | Top pick | Runner-up | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | Revitalize (20.5%) | Sacred Light (10.0%) | contested |
| Insignia | Revitalize Insignia (16.5%) | Empower Insignia (8.4%) | contested |
| Square Insignia | Blood Barrier Insignia (11.0%) | Time Steer Insignia (10.7%) | no consensus |
| Equipment | Malaise (9.6%) | Pyremage (6.6%) | no consensus |
| Trait | Accuracy (26.0%) | HP (22.6%) | contested |
| Pet | Icy Illusion (4.4%) | Scythe Slash (3.0%) | no consensus |
Near-universal is 50% or more, clear favourite 30–50%, contested 15–30%, no consensus under 15%. When a slot is contested, the runner-up is usually a reasonable substitute if you don't own the top pick.
Stats compared with other legendary crowd control heroes
| Stat | Arctica | Peer median | Rank vs peers | Rank overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base ATK | 220 | 220 | 9 / 18 | 144 / 208 |
| Base HP | 2,600 | 2,525 | 9 / 18 | 149 / 208 |
| ATK growth per level | 12 | 13 | 11 / 18 | 147 / 208 |
| HP growth per level | 130 | 120 | 9 / 18 | 154 / 208 |
| Attack interval (lower is faster) | 1,000 ms | 1,000 | 3 / 18 | 19 / 208 |
| Move speed | 165 | 178 | 14 / 18 | 178 / 208 |
Across all 208 heroes of every rarity, base ATK ranks 144th of 208 and base HP ranks 149th of 208. Its skill has a 6s cooldown.
Heroes with similar builds
6 other heroes share Arctica's core pairing of Revitalize + Revitalize Insignia: Storm Eater, Minotaur Chieftain, Triton, Aries, Cupid, Warlock. If you're rebuilding one of them, the same talent and insignia usually carry over.
Looking at every slot, not just talent and insignia, these heroes' builds overlap most with Arctica's:
- Espirita (legendary, offensive): overlap score 203
- Moltanica (legendary, crowd control): overlap score 192
- Valentina (legendary, support): overlap score 188, same top talent (Revitalize)
- Candy Kane (legendary, multiclass): overlap score 184, same top talent (Revitalize)
Overlap score adds up the shared pick rate across all six slots. 0 means nothing in common, and 600 would mean identical builds.
Data source: base stats, skill text and pick rates come from IGG's official Castle Clash hero data, which reports what top players equip. The rankings, consensus ratings and similarity scores above are calculated by CastleClash Builds. See the methodology for details.